This is how tourism must shift to actually address climate change
An estimated 11 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions are due to tourism, and that’s predicted to double by 2050.
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An estimated 11 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions are due to tourism, and that’s predicted to double by 2050.
An estimated 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions are due to tourism, and that’s predicted to double by 2050.
If you’re concerned about climate change and wondering whether you should travel to far-flung places as often as you used to before the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s a valid question. You’re not going to like the answer.
By signing the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, every signatory makes a public commitment to cut its emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050. An effort originally spearheaded by Tourism Declares an Emergency, the declaration officially launched on Thursday at COP26.